Title says it all

May another year pass with layoffs and all Cisco people impacted hopefully land in better jobs.

I was let go in November and signed up for COBRA. I found out I was not covered in December, however, Cisco will debit my account for this insurance for December. Consequently, there is no consideration for the insurance, AND Cisco is going to pick... — read more 

Cisco loves H1-B H-1B visas encourage the exploitation of workers. The H1-B program is being gamed through false job postings that are intended not to be filled but instead to provide justification for H1-B abuse. This drives down labor costs for... — read more 

The Philly Fed just flagged another 653,000 fake jobs. On top of the 818,000 BLS revised away last year. ~1.5 million fake jobs. Yes, it’s that bad.

Elongated Muskrat woke up America about the H1B scam with his dr-g fueled rant over the Christmas holiday. Now Mr. and Mrs. America know how they feel about us. If Trump doesn't shut down H1, all of his house and senate cronies will get... — read more 

I’m not looking for rumors, has there been any credible news or updates?

Is there any link for external folks to check Cisco employee medical benefits, like the plan options, copay, deductibles and out of pocket maximum.

How do I get my name in the layoffs?

Here we go again…. The fun that never stops and gets boring. 🥱

I got LR’ed this year and landed a job at a company that’s winning Cisco accounts all the time.. they’re seen as low-hanging fruit, specifically in security. There’s so much satisfaction in beating Cisco using my deep knowledge of the company and... — read more 

Only a few key personnel are (e)nlightened, (e)xperienced (e)mpowered, and truly (e)ducated; to make the necessary business steps to continue Cisco's (e)volution into 2025. Have a great Holiday and Thank You for your contribution. Remember it is... — read more 

Cisco management alway do the nepotism. Why the he-k so many directors in M&A team ? There are all made into safe haven by parking them in M&A team when there was sweeping during Feb and Oct layoff. What is the value add of these directors in M&A... — read more 

We're now at the point where it doesn't even exist anymore. I've come to hate this place.

You can only cut costs so much until you destroy the company. There has never been meaningful and thoughtful reorganization, real vision, and any effort to modernize and invest in the future. We have just been losing ground until we are no more. — read more 

One of my former teammates who was laid off in the last round never had anything but stellar reviews and was always praised as one of the best employees on the team - with good reason. If he was laid off without a second thought, then it really is... — read more 

It is extremely unlikely that cisco will be seen as a stand-alone company in a decade time from now. HPE will take over most of the enterprise market share, where as Arita’s dominance will continue in cloud . With fierce completion in security from... — read more 

Someone had vested interested to bring in Cisco as early adopters who is that ? the whole team now is in Docusign. It is all white collar corruption In the history of Cisco, there are multiple redundant softwares across different BUs with those... — read more 

It feels like we’ve been hit over and over again for the past several years, and it's not just us, it's been tough on the entire tech industry. That made it even harder for those who were laid off to find new jobs. Is there any sign that things might... — read more 

For those no longer at Cisco so we too can enjoy and celebrate with you out there. What did we miss?

Hangs out with celebrities and golfs all the time. Nice of him to show up to “work” today.

Me and a coworker are handing in our notice soon. Both managed to get jobs in AI and cloud security, respectively. Would Nvidia or Azure be considered competitors to Cisco? I'm trying to figure out if I should not disclose my new employer's name, or... — read more 

I left Cisco quite a few years back and that time we used to have ratings like X, E+, E, E- and N. I left Cisco as I got E where I expected E+. Now, I worked for 8 companies so far I wish to give rating to companies and managers I worked for. Is... — read more 

I saw few folks using Ex-Cisco title as a proud achievement like Ex-Google, Ex-Meta. While they are free to use cisco title, can I put "Cisco-Hater"in my title. If so, will there be any consequences. Cisco or Cisco devotees shouldn't retaliate... — read more 

Downfall of this company is proportionally related to the increase ofh1bs from this country.

GSSO Christmas List: We need the Global Sales Executive that can drive change to the Security Sales Engineering org as it is an unmitigated disaster that keeps getting worse. My SE has more training than customer meetings. He says if he does... — read more 

Yet another useless, pointless id--t who doesn’t know what she wants, constantly changes directions, and making reckless decisions that have resulted in a chaotic CX org. Every move is not just misguided but actively unproductive, wasting time... — read more 

What are the popular options these days? With so many major tech companies making layoffs the new norm, it’s tough to find anything that offers better job security than Cisco. I’ve been exploring smaller companies and startups, but the same issue... — read more 

Is the engagement pulse truly anonymous? I was just about to hit submit with my negative reviews… second guessing myself now

What we've known all along. https://x.com/amandalouise416/status/1867922323728457914

Traits of some of the mediocre manager at Cisco Use and throw engineers, use as much as you can Stick to the company like Oil, work so that upper management can't lay them off. Don't let engineers grow under them, they don't leave the... — read more 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_acquisitions_by_Cisco Since 1990 cisco has been making 3 to 10 acquisitions every year. In 2024 cisco made zero acquisitions. This tells us something!!!!

If you have been impacted by Cisco Layoffs and are American you are being replaced! Since their mass layoffs they have filed 1,132 employer sponsored green card applications and have submitted requests for 26,804 H-1B foreign workers. 16,708 are... — read more 

Cisco is burning money with mergers and Acquisitions. Cisco down from 34B cash to 4B Acquired companies are no value take for example AppD, Scientific Atlanta, Flip and Tandberg. All Telepresence acquisitions melted money. Why so many directors from... — read more 

The SE and Sales upper management have asked for names from managers. Get ready. LR Announced in Feb, followed by consultation and final chop. CP & DM tag tram show.

How do you use your T2G days? Are you really doing something good or do you see it as additional PTO? What are your experiences and how do you handle the communication with your manager?

Leaders are expecting work as if we will not be back after shutdown

"Fran Katsoudas, chief people, policy & purpose officer at Cisco, breaks down the company's expectations heading into the Trump administration and the current cybersecurity and AI landscape. (Source: Bloomberg)" Really? Who is she and why is she the... — read more 

I was laid off in the September layoffs. I live in NC. I've filed for unemployment and today I was denied until March x, 2025. Stating my severance as a reason. Has anyone in NC had this experience or are you able to collect unemployment in NC? ... — read more 

There’s been no salary increase for a while, and I never get any real feedback from my manager. I’m always the one singled out to answer tough questions in meetings, while my ideas get ignored. On top of that, they’ve stopped giving me new challenges... — read more